Things were moving along swiftly in those days and it was only six years later, in 1879, that Denny's built the first two mild steel hulled steamships to be seen; the Rotomahana and the Te Anau for the Union Steam Ship Company in New Zealand. The hull of the Te Anau survives in a breakwater at Wanganui port and can be seen on Google Earth, a remarkable relic.
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The alliteration was too much for me. I had to look 'em up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Denny_and_Brothers
https://mellonurbanism.harvard.edu/east-india-company-bombay
Things were moving along swiftly in those days and it was only six years later, in 1879, that Denny's built the first two mild steel hulled steamships to be seen; the Rotomahana and the Te Anau for the Union Steam Ship Company in New Zealand. The hull of the Te Anau survives in a breakwater at Wanganui port and can be seen on Google Earth, a remarkable relic.
Yes, I thought that ship had a unusually brief lifespan, but as you say, the technology was moving quickly.
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